The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 7, sentence 24
But Naisi, glancing up, on Deirdré’s hair Saw the fierce reflex from a roof far off, And on her marble cheek the fiery glare, And heard from her fine lip the careless scoff, ‘At Conor’s fireside welcome sits the guest!’-- He rose, and sudden clasped her to his breast;
Who acts: Naisi, hair, fiery glare, sudden, Conor · What happens: glance up, see, hear, sit, rise, clasp · To what, where: fierce reflex, roof, careless scoff, fine lip, guest, fireside welcome
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Naisi, hair, fiery glare, sudden), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 glancing | cc |
| 2 | Naisi | Naisi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 glancing | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 glancing | punct |
| 4 | glancing | glance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 glancing | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Saw | punct |
| 7 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 11 Saw | mark |
| 8 | Deirdré | Deirdré | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 hair | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 8 Deirdré | case |
| 10 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Saw | nsubj |
| 11 | Saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 glancing | parataxis |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 reflex | det |
| 13 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 reflex | amod |
| 14 | reflex | reflex | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Saw | obj |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 roof | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 roof | det |
| 17 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 reflex | nmod |
| 18 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 off | advmod |
| 19 | off | off | ADV | _ | 11 Saw | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 cheek | punct |
| 21 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 cheek | cc |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 cheek | case |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 cheek | nmod:poss |
| 24 | marble | marble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 cheek | amod |
| 25 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Saw | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 glare | det |
| 27 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 glare | amod |
| 28 | glare | glare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 cheek | appos |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 heard | punct |
| 30 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 heard | cc |
| 31 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 glare | acl:relcl |
| 32 | from | from | ADP | _ | 35 lip | case |
| 33 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 lip | nmod:poss |
| 34 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 lip | amod |
| 35 | lip | lip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 heard | obl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 scoff | det |
| 37 | careless | careless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 scoff | amod |
| 38 | scoff | scoff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 heard | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 sits | punct |
| 40 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 46 sits | punct |
| 41 | At | at | ADP | _ | 45 welcome | case |
| 42 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 welcome | nmod:poss |
| 43 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 42 Conor | case |
| 44 | fireside | fireside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 welcome | compound |
| 45 | welcome | welcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 sits | obl |
| 46 | sits | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 heard | conj |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 guest | det |
| 48 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 sits | obj |
| 49 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 48 guest | punct |
| 50 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 48 guest | punct |
| 51 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 53 rose | punct |
| 52 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 rose | nsubj |
| 53 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 sits | conj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 clasped | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 clasped | cc |
| 56 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 clasped | nsubj |
| 57 | clasped | clasp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 rose | conj |
| 58 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 clasped | obj |
| 59 | to | to | ADP | _ | 61 breast | case |
| 60 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 61 breast | nmod:poss |
| 61 | breast | breast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 clasped | obl |
| 62 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 4 glancing | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glance up | gerund | Naisi | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | see | past | Deirdré's hair | the fierce reflex | a roof | hair's marble cheek conj; off property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reflex=Stimulus | ||
| 3 | hear | past | the fiery glare not said here | the careless scoff | hair's fine lip | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent scoff=Topic from lip=Source | |||
| 4 | sit | present | the fiery glare not said here | the guest | Conor's fireside welcome | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent guest=Theme at welcome=Location | |||
| 5 | rise | past | Naisi | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | clasp | past | sudden | guest | to Naisi's breast | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient to breast=Co-Patient | |||
| 7 | welcome | Conor | nom welcome «state transitive»: poss=agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Project Gutenberg book 78491 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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